Mowing-machine.



J. L. TOMER. MOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY17,1906.

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PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

- UNITED srarns PATENT OFF CE.

JOHN L: TOMER, ornxroar, PENNSYLVANIA, Assre-nos or ONEf-HALF r GEORGEn. HAMOR, or NEW xansme'ron, PENNSYLVANIA,

' MOWlNG-NIACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. TOMER, a ci-ti-' zen of the United States ofAmerica, residin -at Export, in the county of Westmorelan and State-ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMowing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to at accompany ng drawings.

j useful improvements 111' mowing-machines;

and. the invention" relates more particularly to the sickle orcutter-bar actuatlng mechangism of a mower, .15

The prime object of my invention is to provide a dou le pitman-actuatingmechanfree t e same from danger of being broken or.

mm for imparting a reci rocating motion to the ,cutti'ng kniVes or sicle of a mower. In using two pitmen I equally distribute the powernecessary to reciprocate the sickle, stren then the actuating mechanism,and

rendered inoperative by constant use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention further consists1n the novel construction, combinationja'nd arrangement of art's to behereinafter described and. spec'i cally claimed.

' .ating mec' from the axle through mechanism to be here- Referring apart to the drawings forming of this specification, Figure 1 is a p anof a,

mowerconstiucted accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 1s a longitudinalsectionalview ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of aball-and-socketconnection, and Fig.

4' is a perspective view of mg improved actuanism detached om amower.

In the accompan ing drawings, 4 indicates the axle,"on which thedrive-wheels 1 are secured, said axle being j ournaled in. the

main frame 3, motion being'communicated inafter. described tothe sickle16 of the cutter-bar 2. On the axle 4, centrally thereof, is mounteda-drive-pinion 5, which meshes wlth a smaller pinion 6, carried on atransverse .shaft 7, said transverse shaft 7 being journaled-in themainframe 3'on a lane below the axle '4. Suspended from sai transverses'h aft 7 -by hangers 8 and'from the frame 3 by hangers 8 is a platform9.- The hangers 8 are attached to the platform at the rear cor- 'nersthereof, while-the han ers 8 are con-- nected to said platform at t efront corners thereof. Pivotally mountedon this latfarm near its forwardend is a pitmanever Specification of Letters 1 mm.

Application filed May 17, 1906. Serial No. 317,277.

-Thi'sinventlon relates tocertain' new and Patented Oct. 30,1906.

11.1.1 of which are loosely connected by pitmen 12 12 to cranks 14,carried on the ends of shaft 7 The forwardly-extending arm 15 of thepitm an-lever 10 is connected to the sickle 16 and the cutter-barmechanism 2 by a ball-and-socket joint 17. v I

10, of substantially T shape, the two arms.

In operation-the pitmen 12 12, driven through the medium of pinions5,and'6 and shaft 7 and its cranks 14, impart an oscillatory motion tothe itmanlever 10, which in turn reci rocates t 1e sickle -16.

What I c aim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv I 1. Thecombination with the axle, the drive-wheels mounted thereon, and themain frame in which the axle is j'ournaled, 'of a inion mounted on theaxle,- a transverse s aft journaled in the frame on a plane below theaxle and having a crank on each end, a pinion on said transverse shaftmeshing with the 2. Sickle-actuating mechanism for mowpinion on theaxle, hangers mounted on said i ing-machines, 00?,PI1SlI1g incombination with a drive-axle, rive-wheels secured thereon, a main frame1n wh1ch the axle 1s ourthe axle, a shaft journale in the main frame,

naled, and a'sickle, of a inion mounted on a pinion carried by saidshaft and meshing with the pinion-on the axle, a platform, hangersconnected to the platform and to said shaft for supporting the platformat its rear end, hangers connected to said platform, and

to the frame for supporting the platform at its forward end, ap'itman-leverconnectd to the sickle and pivotally mounted on thelatform, a pitman connecting. said pitmanever with the transversedescribed.

In testimony whereof in the. presence of two witnesses.

3 JOHN L. TOMER;

Witnesses: I I

IIARRY O. WALLEY, Jos. BULLER.

I affix my signature shaft, substantially as

